Very likely so. When we were moving wood working machinery out of the former TM Cold Spring Shop in Milwaukee in the seventies (then being used as the main bus shops of the Transport Co.) there were s

Seems to me that unless the drop staff has a detent to hold the wheel 4" above the deck, they violate the requirement for hand clearance when in the down position. Can't comment on the swinging variet

Coming into this late. I would postulate that any car with a hand brake not in the position specified in the ICC safety appliance diagrams has a defect and won't move past the first inbound inspection

Well, I certainly have egg on my face. I haven't corresponded with Mr. Stoving since we collaborated on the history for that instruction sheet over thirty years ago, and some how I had in my mind that

Don, Unfortunately writing the history section of the instructions was the end of my research on these cars. As I recall, it was the late Richard Stoving who provided the bulk of the roster data for t

No. The Hutchins Camber Roof is a all steel roof with rather prominent seam caps: The CV part models what modelers have been calling the NP "circular" roof. Here's the Soo Line version: The seam caps

Garth, The problem is it's an excellent model of a very rare roof, which means it's easy to identify where it DOESN'T belong, which is most everywhere. The roof was patented by a Mr. Robertson, Master

Really nice work on the C&S car. I see, like the Soo Line, the C&S didn't see any utility in applying a brake step. I was familiar with at least some of the Q's single sheathed cars from the numerous

Mont, Do you by chance mean 'briquettes'? Charcoal is carbonized wood, not coal. I can't even begin to imagine the taste of prime steaks grilled over... soft coal. Yuck! As to coal briquettes, yes, C.

Only at the rounded top. Square cornered doors, the top edge tends to get lost under the drip rail over the opening. Referring to the photo, the sides of the door are discernible because the car side

Another long time builder of side dump cars was the Differential Dump Car Co., which persisted into recent times as DIFCO. Dennis Storzek

Dave, As I mentioned before, the 1946 CBC presents the same drawing as was presented in the 1922 CBC, but adds the following note in text below the drawing with its included notes: "Note 1 - 1936 Revi

I think the reason was that these are low cars... admittedly your B&M example is 12'-5" to the eaves, but it had also been on the road a few years when the stenciling change was implemented in 1930. T

Are you sure? Both 40' steel boxcars on this Protocraft page have them: https://protocraft48.com/category.cfm?ItemID=919&Categoryid=20 Dennis Storzek

Dave, Do I interpret the second point correctly that they only want the extreme width that occurs above 12 feet over the rail, and the height to it? That would make sense if they were mainly concerned

Dave, I certainly agree. I simply stated what I found to save others the trouble of looking. Now, do you have a copy of the 1929 ARA proceedings and could you quote how the EXH stencil is defined? I t

I looked at the ARA lettering diagram presented in the 1931 CBC, but at that time the arrangement only included EW and EH, which are the width and height of the eaves, with a not explaining that if th

Someplace in there was a requirement that multiple cars under one load either be chained together or have the uncoupling mechanism made inoperative; the intent being to keep someone from mindlessly un

Rob has it right, the H dimension that follows the EXW dimension tells you how high up the car the extreme width is. Sometimes it's really low, like at the door latch bars on a plug door reefer. At th

What catches my eye is the early interlocking steel sheet piling lining the excavations in the foreground. Here is a brief history quoted from this web site: https://jdfieldsusa.wordpress.com/2015/03/